Education and Research Fund Scholarships, Grants and Awards

Established in 1953, the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science Education and Research Fund, Inc. (ASCLS E & R Fund) provides scholarships, research grants, and professional awards that assist in the growth of the Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science profession and enhance the essential services provided by laboratory professionals.

Resources originate from contributions and bequests from individual laboratory practitioners, ASCLS members, and industry partners; gifts that honor or memorialize loved ones, colleagues, and friends; and proceeds from the ASCLS annual meeting's silent auction of premiums provided by individual members and state societies.

The Fund offers a $1500 Memorial undergraduate scholarship annually to a qualifying MLS student and a $1000 scholarship to a qualifying MLT student in their final year of study.Other undergraduate scholarships are available to honor Dan Southern ($2000), in memory of Edward C. Dolbey, Michelle Kanuth, and Bernadette Rodak (each $1500). A $3000 Edward C. Dolbey graduate scholarship is offered to graduate students in Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science or in a related graduate field. We also offer research grants of $3000–$5000 supporting members' investigations of issues critical to laboratory medicine and health care. The I. Dean Spradling Graduate Research Grant is awarded to a qualifying graduate student in MLS. The awards program recognizes outstanding achievements, contributions, and service to the profession and celebrates the value of professional ability and commitment. Grants, scholarships, and professional achievement awards are presented at the ASCLS Annual Meeting.